There are two issues here. What is being discussed in here is diversity, i.e.
the real diversity, knowing about different cultures and then choosing what is
good and what is bad. Diversity is approached with a standard of what is good
and bad. It is not amoral.

In a sense, the US is 'the belly of
the beast' we are the cultural engine for the world, for both good and for
evil.. E.g. I saw a video of some people rapping in a fading Central Asian
language. When expatriates come to the US, they are going to be changed from
the experience. It cannot be avoided. What can be done is to expose the
children to as much of the traditional culture as possible. But it will require
work. It won't happen by accident. Organize classes, song lessons,
drumming lessons and tell stories at night. Turn off the TV so you keep talking
to one another.Maintaining the language is important. Children who know
their parents' language will be more fluent in English than if they only
know the poor quality English that they learn from their parents AND from TV.

My wife is from Denmark and so I am learning Danish and it is spoken here in our
home along with English so that our children can have both worlds. At Christmas
we do Danish traditions on Christmas Eve and American on Christmas day. And
there are some other things that we do that are very Danish. I am also teaching
my children to stand at attention for the national anthem and to put their hands
over their hearts, etc.

What often happens and what causes the most
problems, I believe, is when immigrants come here and try to reform their
homeland within our borders. They wave their own flag while spitting on ours,
refuse to learn English and go out of their way to put down our traditions and
customs.

There is nothing wrong with holding on to traditions -- I
think we become lost without our heritage. But we also have to live in our
communities. We can blend without losing our identity and we can adapt without
surrendering our values. We just have to make wise choices and even seek
Heaven's aid at times.